InvestHer PodcastTue, 12 May 2020 21:28:31 +0000Sat, 06 Jun 2020 19:28:14 +0000Libsyn WebEngine 2.0http://investherpodcast.com
enhttp://investherpodcast.cominfo@globalinvesther.com (info@globalinvesther.com)https://ssl-static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/a/f/b/dafbe5ab714940d5/InvestHer_Podcast_cover.jpegInvestHer PodcastAnne Ravanona: entrepreneur, funding expert, women's advocate and podcasterfemalefounders,funding,investher,investors,womenentrepreneurscleananne@globalinvesther.comepisodicFRHow To Fundraise During Covid-19, with Laura Connell, Principal at BaldertonTue, 12 May 2020 21:28:31 +0000Welcome to our very first LIVE PODCAST, where you, the listeners, get to ask your questions live to our podcast guest and enjoy listening back later! As part of our series of resources to help founders on the fundraise during the Covid-19 crisis, we are delighted to be joined by Laura Connell, Principal at Europe's Leading Tech VC - Balderton Capital - to share her take on the impact the pandemic is having on fundraising now, and what founders can do to keep going and navigate this black swan event. Seize the opportunities available to you now! Learn more from Laura in this episode and our shownotes here: https://bit.ly/Ep13InvestHerPodcast]]>01:01:39cleanbalderton,covid19,fundraising,investherpodcast,investor,lauraconnell,trends,uk,womenentrepreneurs113fullAnne RavanonaHow to Network Effectively With Investors Before and During a Fundraise - With J. Kelly HoeyFri, 01 May 2020 21:41:54 +0000How should you network with potential investors? What are the key don'ts you absolutely must avoid, if you want to successfully build your dream network to help your business and raise money?

Look no further! In this episode, you'll hear all the great truths on the matter from J. Kelly Hoey. Author of "Build Your Dream Network", Speaker, Networking expert and LP in a few funds, former lawyer and startup accelerator leader - you bet she's seen networking from all angles. We'll get you from hating 'schmoozing' with investors, to knowing exactly what to do and how, thanks to this episode. Links to full resources in the Show Notes > https://bit.ly/Ep12InvestHerPodcast

]]>58:20cleananneravanona,author,buildyourdreamnetwork,fundraising,globalinvesther,investherpodcast,jkellyhoey,networkingexpert,networkingtips,networkwithinvestors,speaker112fullAnne RavanonaHow to Raise Capital in the U.S. Especially During Covid19 - Ed ZimmermanFri, 10 Apr 2020 18:58:08 +0000How to raise capital in the U.S. during the Covid-19 Crisis? What are the key current trends coming out of New York when it comes to Angel and Venture Capital investing? What do entrepreneurs need to know, to navigate these uncertain times in how they should approach investors?

You will learn all of this and more, from our first male investor guest, Ed Zimmerman who is a Partner/Chair of the Tech Group at the law firm Lowenstein Sandler LLP, an angel investor in roughly 130 startups, LP in dozens of venture funds, and for the last 15 years, also an Adjunct Professor of Venture Capital at Columbia Business School.

As a Venture lawyer, he's right at the heart of many big current venture deals happening in the U.S and he's also a strong feminist, who believes in the power of diversity and under-represented founders to change the world. Don't miss this latest episode and see the shownotes for more details and links to resources he recommends here: https://bit.ly/Ep11EdZimmerman

]]>47:00cleanaileenlee,angelinvesting,anneravanona,covid19,edzimmerman,femalefounders,fundraising,investherpodcast,lowensteinsandler,usa,venturecapital,venturecrush,womenentrepreneurs111fullAnne Ravanona, Global Invest HerWhen Women Come Together, The Power of it Is Enormous - Delphine Remy-BoutangMon, 30 Mar 2020 15:23:07 +0000In this episode, recorded during Covid-19 lockdown, you'll hear from Delphine Remy-Boutang, founder of Digital Women's Day and The Bureau, is a key influencer in the European Women in Tech Ecosystem. An entrepreneur herself since 2012, Delphine founded the Bureau, a digital & communication group for digital trends, influence, social media and creative services in London and Paris. In 2013 she co-founded and directed Digital Women’s Day, an annual event dedicated to entrepreneurship and women, and a European and African community to inspire women to dare, innovate, undertake actions through digital technology, and to create a more just and creative world.

Delphine brings together thousands of participants, thought leaders, renowned digital entrepreneurs, through many initiatives:Les Margaret Award an annual prize that pays tribute to Margaret Hamilton, rewarding digital women entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs from Europe and Africa, committed to a better world.

Hear her advice to women entrepreneurs to network, network, network, especially during challenging times, her key tips for funding and how to continue to have fun and be resilient, through it all! Check out full show notes and links to her resources here:

In this episode, you'll learn why and how Shelly created Beyond the Billion as a movement and a new way to mobilise key funding stakeholders to truly shift the funding landscape for women entrepreneurs. Get ready to be inspired by this 7 time women entrepreneur, who as a former Senior Advisor, set up the Global Entrepreneurship Program (GEP) at the U.S. State Department, a program she expanded to almost 150 countries, under Secretary Hillary Clinton. Get ready to be inspired! See SHOWNOTES and RESOURCES HERE

]]>01:17:37cleananneravanona,beyondthebillion,billiondollarbreakfasts,billiondollarfundforwomen,consortium,femalefounders,funding,investherpodcast,investing,shellyporges19fullAnne Ravanona, Global Invest HerFemale-Led Companies and the Rise of Female Management TeamsThu, 30 Jan 2020 14:49:58 +0000Women are behind some of the most crucial roles in emerging companies, even when these companies were founded by all-male teams. The weight of vital growth areas such as client sales, marketing, customer services and other strategic areas are entrusted to females and some VCs are beginning to back the new diverse and inclusive fabric of entrepreneurship. Could this be the catalyst for more female-founded business in the 2020 decade?

Anne and Inma certainly think so! Kick off 2020 with updates on the Funding World, a key London-based VC fund breaking the mould re funding women entrepreneurs and where the next generation of female founders is going to come from. Download your Key Takeaways on www.investherpodcast.com and see SHOWNOTES AND LINKS HERE

]]>48:17cleananne,entrepreneurs,female,founders,funding,inma,investher,investing,market,markets,martinez,money,monthly,podcast,ravanona,roundup,segment,updates,women18fullAnne Ravanona & Inma MartinezHow To Advance Gender Equality in Venture Capital - Siri Chilazi shares Latest Harvard ResearchTue, 28 Jan 2020 20:23:00 +0000What can the Venture Capital world learn from Corporates when it comes to increasing gender diversity? What needs to change at an organizational/systemic level, so that more women become venture partners, get funded or start new businesses?

In this episode, you'll get the latest research insights from Siri Chilazigender and organizations researcher at the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School. She is a recognized expert in advancing women and promoting gender equality within organizations and shares key recommendations from her research, so that VC funds and entrepreneurs alike can be part of making the change. SEE FULL SHOWNOTES AND RESOURCES HERE

]]>56:23cleananneravanona,femalefounders,funding,fundraising,genderdiversity,globalinvesther,investherpodcast,sirichilazi,unconsciousbias,venturecapital,womenentrepreneurs17fullAnne RavanonaHow Vivian Nwakah, Founder of Medsaf, is disrupting Supply Chain MedTechMon, 23 Dec 2019 12:24:40 +0000In this episode, you'll hear from trailblazing founder Vivian Nwakah, a Nigerian entrepreneur born and raised in the United States. Her career spans the US, Europe, South America and Africa. Her areas of specialty are sales, marketing, fundraising, strategic planning, and entrepreneurship.

Vivian has started 3 companies, home health care agencies in Illinois and Indiana, Hybrid solar diesel renewable energy company in Nigeria, and now Medsaf, a one stop shop for health care stakeholders to purchase, manage and track medications in complicated supply chains.

Learn why she started Medsaf, how they got first funding and how they are transforming access to healthcare in developing markets. Vivian also shares he key tips to founders and investors and how to put the fun into funding! SEE FULL SHOWNOTES AND RESOURCES HERE;

Our cohosts, Anne Ravanona and Inma Martinez sit down to review the resurgence of European venture funds raising large €100 million + funds to kick off 2020, as pedigree American venture firms set up European teams in light of the recent shift in investments towards businesses that show earnings and net income, which is traditionally the European way to build businesses. Om Shanti, we shall all rejoice.

]]>01:03:24cleananne,borski,christmas,europe,fund,funding,in,inma,investherpodcast,marketroundup,martinez,ravanona14fullAnne RavanonaVoulez Capital - Europe's First VC for Female Founders - meet Anya Navidski, Founding PartnerThu, 28 Nov 2019 19:56:32 +0000In this episode, Anne talks to Anya Navidski, Founder and CEO of Europe’s first VC fund focused on investing in female entrepreneurs - Voulez Capital. Anya share’s why she became a VC, how she created Voulez, what needs to change in the funding industry and how she’s working to bring about that change.

Voulez Capital providing Seed and Series A capital for high growth businesses with female founders.

]]>37:45cleananneravanona,anyanavidski,europe,femalefounders,funding,fundraising,globalinvesther,investherpodcast,vc,voulezcapital,womenentrepreneurs13fullAnne RavanonaMarket Roundup Ep #0 The Winds of Change after the WeWork and Softbank IPO FiascoThu, 21 Nov 2019 10:52:45 +0000Every month, we bring you our Market Roundup about key events happening in the market, our key insights on them and what startups and investors can learn as a result.

Our cohosts, Anne Ravanona and Inma Martinez sit down to kick off the podcast series to analyse the ripple effects of the biggest financial headline: how WeWork withdrew its IPO filing after Wall Street investors were able to see through the smoke and mirrors of the company's prospectus. Anne and Inma discuss the relevancy of this technology IPO fiasco and the before and after consequences that this will present to future tech IPOs and the corporate governance that VCs and NEDs must establish in startups.

]]>01:03:34cleananneravanona,femalefounders,funding,fundraising,inmamartinez,investherpodcast,marketroundup,softbank,tips,wework,womenentrepreneurs12fullAnne Ravanona & Inma MartinezEpisode #1 The Gender Funding Gap and the $5 Trillion OpportunityFri, 15 Nov 2019 15:15:39 +0000Welcome to our very first episode! In this episode, our founder, Anne Ravanona, will share why she started Global Invest Her in the first place after her lightbulb moment, what compels her to focus on helping female founders get funded and why you should be interested in the latest research the biggest untapped market opportunity worth $5 Trillion. Want to ask Anne a question directly?

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]]>31:00cleananneravanona,economy,femalefounders,fundinggap,gendergap,globalinvesther,investherpodcast11fullAnne RavanonaTRAILER for INVESTHER PODCAST - The Podcast for Women Entrepreneurs and InvestorsSun, 03 Nov 2019 19:20:56 +0000InvestHer Podcast is for YOU, the female founder who wants to get ready for funding, or the investor who wants to learn more about what’s it’s like for women entrepreneurs to raise funding, and the huge untapped investment opportunity the represent. I’m Anne Ravanona, founder of Global Invest Her, Consultant, TEDx speaker and woman’s advocate.